Wonder Woman review – glass ceiling still intact as Gal Gadot reduced to weaponised Smurfette

Hopes for DC’s plan to deliver a shot of oestrogen to the superhero movie are disappointed in a silly plot that enlists Diana of Themyscira to help win the first world war

‘Not the path of Lincoln’: Sidney Blumenthal turns his sights on Trump

Discussing his new book, Wrestling With His Angel, the Clinton adviser and historian considers the 16th president and his most unlikely successor

War Machine review – Brad Pitt goes over the top in Afghan war satire

Based on real-life events, David Michôd’s take on the war in Afghanistan plays for laughs and misses the mark

French prime minister’s novels put attitude to women in spotlight

Some believe the two thrillers written by Édouard Philippe may reveal clues about his thoughts on women and politics

The pilgrims of progress who are leading us to self-destruction

Loose canon: The word ‘progressive’ is everywhere in politics these days. So how come the planet is hurtling towards environmental catastrophe?

Were 17th-century women really as rebellious as Jamestown makes out? Absolutely

Are female characters who defy sexual submission inauthentic for 17th-century Virginia? If anything, history suggests, the writers toned down the filth factor

William Hjortsberg obituary

Genre-defying novelist and screenwriter whose book Falling Angel became the cult film Angel Heart

The six Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May

Two years ago Yanis Varoufakis led Greece’s failed attempt to negotiate with the EU. He explains how the Brussels establishment will do everything to frustrate and outmanoeuvre the British prime minister, using tactics ranging from truth reversal to ‘the Penelope ruse’

Black Moses review – a rip-roaring coming of age tale in the Congo

Alain Mabanckou’s vibrant novel follows an orphan making a life for himself in the people’s republic of the 1970s

Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl awarded €1m damages over biography

Judge says unauthorised biography ‘deeply violates’ retired politician’s personal rights and sullies his reputation

‘Screen fatigue’ sees UK ebook sales plunge 17% as readers return to print

Consumer sales down to £204m last year and are at lowest level since 2011 – when Amazon Kindle sales first took off in UK

Medieval Jewish papers tell vivid stories in Cambridge exhibition

11th-century documents from Genizah store in Old Cairo synagogue cover whole range of human life, co-curator says

Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme dies aged 73

Oscar winning film-maker emerged from the American independent scene, and went on to direct a string of major social-issue films

Hostage by Guy Delisle review – held captive by every frame

This true story of a man’s kidnapping in Chechnya confirms Guy Delisle’s position as one of the greatest modern cartoonists

A Gift from Darkness review – harrowing account of a Boko Haram kidnapping

Patience Ibrahim and co-writer Andrea C Hoffmann craft a vivid and valuable account of trauma and survival